NYC Major Crimes Dropped Close to 17% In January: Data

NEW YORK CITY — The amount of overall major crimes — including murder, assaults and robberies — decreased across the five boroughs during January, according to newly released NYPD data.

The seven major crime categories dropped 16.8 percent last month compared to January 2024, according the NYPD.

“January’s crime declines are an extraordinary testament to the work of our cops,” said NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch in a statement. “Every day, we are analyzing crime numbers and optimizing our deployments to put cops in zones that need them. That’s starting to deliver real results. And New Yorkers can expect more of that data-driven policing to come.”

Here are some notable figures from the report:

• Robberies decreased 26 percent, from 1,436 in 2024 to 1,063 this January.
• Murders dropped 24 percent from 33 in January 2024 to 25.
• Burglary incidents dipped 3.7 percent from 1,100 to 1,059.
• Felony assaults decreased 6.9 percent from 2,130 to 1,983.
• Grand larceny fell 21.7 percent from 4,161 to 3,256.
• Grand larceny auto dropped 23.1 percent from 1,167 to 898.

The NYPD also noted an increase in reported rapes, with 149 incidents reported in January 2025 compared to 106 in January 2024.

Officials said the increase is attributed to a new state law that went into effect last September that expanded the legal definition of rape in New York to include victims of certain sexual assaults as rape victims.

Other highlights from the report include transit crimes decreased 36.4 percent from 231 in 2024 to 147 last month. Major incidents at public housing developments dropped 14.5 percent from 497 to 425.